October 20
Birthday Color: Mouse Gray
#7D7D7D · rgb(125, 125, 125) · hsl(0, 0%, 49%) · CMYK(0,0,0,51)
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Zodiac: Libra ♎
Color words & personality
If you were born on October 20, your color Mouse Gray reads as wise and unhurried. Its color words point to frosted glass: you show everything and hide nothing, at a distance. In print, this color shows an almost achromatic stillness, deep and quiet. Once you know this color, you will start noticing it in the street.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of October 20
Birth star
Sheratan
Star words: omen, signpost
Aries · β Ari · mag 2.70 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Aster tataricus
Meaning: recollection, I will not forget you
Peak: Sep, Oct
Aster tataricus is the October 20 flower. Its pale purple petals and yellow centers bring a wild, slightly wistful note to autumn. Hanakotoba meanings are recollection and I will not forget you. The birthday color is Mouse Gray (#7D7D7D), whose color word is "frosted glass." A flower of memory, set in a cool, translucent gray.
The star of October 20 is Sheratan, beta Arietis, a white 2.7-magnitude star in Aries. Its name is Arabic for 'the two signs' — long ago, with its neighbor, it marked the place of the spring equinox, a signpost of the turning year. Its star words are 'omen' and 'signpost'. Late at night it climbs into the heights of the south. Beside it stands your birth color, Mouse Gray (#7D7D7D), whose color word is 'frosted glass': a quiet shade that lets you sense the light beyond.
At the height of the season, fish of the streams arrive at the table. The birthday fish of October 20 is the Rainbow trout, bearing a rainbow band along its body — hence the fish words “rainbow” and “clarity”. Peak seasons are May and October, enjoyed salt-grilled as well as in meuniere or carpaccio. The birth color of the day is Mouse Gray (#7D7D7D), a shade like frosted glass, bringing the stillness of clear waters to an autumn afternoon.
Oct 20 belongs to the Star fruit (スターフルーツ). Oct is when this tropical fruit tastes its best. Fruit words attach "star and serendipity" to the Star fruit. It is in season Oct. The birthday color for this date is Mouse Gray (#7D7D7D). The color word here is "frosted glass". A seasonal fruit and a birthday color, sharing one date.
Our birth flowers are an independently compiled system based on flowering seasons and hanakotoba. Birth stars are assigned by an astronomical rule — the IAU-named star culminating around midnight on that date. Birth fish and fruits are compiled independently by peak season (fish include seafood).
Famous people & characters born on October 20
- Arthur RimbaudCelebrityFrench poet (1854-1891)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Elfriede JelinekCelebrityAustrian playwright and novelist
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- John DeweyCelebrityAmerican philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- James ChadwickCelebrityEnglish physicist (1891-1974), who discovered the neutron in
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Christiane Nüsslein-VolhardCelebrityGerman biologist (1995 Nobel Prize)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Jorge Carlos FonsecaCelebrityCape Verdean politician and former president of Cape Verde
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Gustav CasselCelebritySwedish economist (1866–1945)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Francena McCororyCelebrityAmerican sprint athlete
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Hans LewyCelebrityGerman born American mathematician (1904–1988)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- ChuuCelebritySouth Korean singer and actress (born 1999)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Hajime KawakamiCelebrityJapanese economist, activist and writer (1879–1946)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Aaron PryorCelebrityAmerican boxer (1955-2016)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
Birthdays are listed based on public information (such as Wikipedia). For characters, the birthday is the one given in their official settings.
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for October 20?
- The birth flower for October 20 is the Aster tataricus. Its hanakotoba include recollection, I will not forget you, and its peak season is Sep, Oct.
- What is the birth fish for October 20?
- The birth fish for October 20 is the Rainbow trout. Its fish words include rainbow, clarity, and its peak season is May, Oct.
- What is the birth fruit for October 20?
- The birth fruit for October 20 is the Star fruit. Its fruit words include star, serendipity, and its peak season is Oct.
- What is the birthday color for October 20?
- The birthday color for October 20 is Mouse Gray (#7D7D7D). It pairs with the day's flower, Aster tataricus.
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Color palette for Mouse Gray
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